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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Dictamnus albus (Rutaceae)

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Common name(s)
Dictamo Blanco; Gazelotu; Pai Hsien; Pai Shan; Dittany; Chin Ch'Iao Erh Chiao

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Amenorrhea Elsewhere *
Antiseptic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Carcinoma Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Eczema China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Impetigo China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Malaria Elsewhere *
Nerves Elsewhere *
Nerves China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Nervine Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pectoral Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pectoral China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Puerperium China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Scabies China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Sedative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.